Sr. Under Sentence Imposed Fine (in ` )
No. Section
1. 452 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a 1500/-
period of one year.
2. 354 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a 1000/-
period of one year.
3. 506 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a 1500/-
period of one year.

In default of payment of fine, the petitioner was further to undergo simple

imprisonment for a period of two months. The petitioner herein preferred an

appeal against the judgment of his conviction, which was partly allowed by

learned Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, by his judgment dated 29.8.2011. The

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petitioner was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 9

months and to pay an amount of `1500/- under sections 452 IPC, to

undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 9 months and to pay of an

amount of `1000/- under section 354 IPC and rigorous imprisonment for a

period of 6 months and to pay an amount of `1500/- under section 506 IPC

and in case of default in payment the petitioner was to undergo simple

imprisonment for a period of two months. Feeling aggrieved against the

judgments of both the courts below, the petitioner has approached this court

through the instant revision petition.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset states that he is

limiting his prayer only to the extent of reduction in the sentence awarded

and does not assail the judgment of conviction. He further states that he is

conscious that scope in revision is very limited, as evidence of the witnesses

cannot be re-appreciated or re-evaluated.

3. In brief, the facts are that the complainant Shashi Bala is the

widow of Chander Mohan, real brother of the petitioner–Devinder Sagar.

The complainant, her husband and their son were joint in mess with the

petitioner and his family and later on the joint house was partitioned. After

the death of the husband of the complainant, the petitioner entered the house

of the complainant on 12.05.2001 at about 9.00 a.m., while she was alone

since her minor child had gone to school, and molested her. A complaint

was lodged on 16.05.2001 before the JMIC Kurukshetra and thereafter a

criminal case under sections 354/452/506 IPC was registered on 25.5.2001.

Jagadish Chand, Head Constable was examined as PW1 and Shashi Bala

complainant was examined as PW2 . Thereafter, the evidence of the

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prosecution was closed by court order on 11.5.2009 after availing 19

opportunities to conclude its evidence. In his defence, the petitioner

examined Ashok Kumar, ASI as DW1 and also tended in evidence certified